As per the RBI Annual Report released on Wednesday, 99.3 per cent of the demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes were returned to the banking system. At the time of demonetisation, about 86-87 per cent of the total currency in circulation was in the form of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.

Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Friday urged state governments to encourage stakeholders to come up with more number of use cases of Blockchain technology that could benefit the citizens of the country.